Based on MetlesitsFleetyards 3D model, modified for CNC carving by me and finished by hand πŸ––πŸͺš

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[–] [S] 47 points 11 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Wait. Did you post this just to brag how big your D is?

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    absolutely beautiful! man I wish Star Trek would do designs like this again instead of "How can we redesign the Constitution Class for the umpteenth time?"

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    NCC-1701 (refit) and A are my favorite designs of all time. The original shape with the refit's nacelle design just looks so sleek without being too over the top. I don't like the newer ships after TNG: they look overly scifi'd.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    oh don't get me wrong I absolutely love the refit and A. totally. I just don't want to see them...again...on "new" stuff ala the Enterprise-G.

    And you're right about the ships post TNG. They went from "we love exploring" to "we gotta fight the dominion and the borg and our ships need to look the part" Just give me more of the curvy yet powerful looking designs from TNG again. And I mean sure it's not like there were many in TNG, hell the Nebula was just a Galaxy with no neck and an upsidedown stardrive but god dammit I liked it.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Love me a Miranda or Nebula class. I just think they should go faster than they do because double the nacelles

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Are you thinking Constellation or Cheyenne class?

    Miranda had 2 nacelles, EG., USS Reliant.
    Picard's Stargazer was Constellation class.

    Nebula class are dang cool, but they had 2 nacelles. Phoenix had a circular AWACS-looking sensor pod mounted above the saucer, and Sutherland had a triangular weapons platform.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    I do like the JJ Abrams Enterprise. Guilty pleasure.

    The hot rod look on the front of the nacells and matching lower decks speak to design awareness. Just curvy enough without making it unrecognizable.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Love your D! I'm a bit partial to Excelsior class ships, but Galaxy is good too.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    What a firm and beautiful D you have.

    And what shapely and enticing nacelles.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    this is awesome work.

    outta curosity, how do you feel about the Nova and Sydney classes?

    They may be my favorites, lol. Nova because it's sleak and actually makes sense as a science platform. (unlike the galaxy class. too big, too resource intensive, too many crew. and what the hell is with all the families on board getting shot at?)

    I like the Sydney because it's form follows function. it's boxy, ugly, utilitarian. but it acutally makes sense. (Seriously... what the hell's with the d's compound curves? tons of wasted internal volume... exessive structural elements. Tons of vulnerabilities.)

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Big fan of the Nova - it makes so much sense as a design from the same era as the Intrepid, though it does betray its origins as a Defiant concept to me, would work very well as a little agile warship.

    The Sydney, ehh I can take or leave, it always felt a bit too kitbashy, but they did make a nice and balanced design despite that

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I'm a big fan of all the weird little ships the federation scrambled to produce because of the borg.

    You got the defiant, sure. but you also have the Akira and the Nova and their who-knows-how-many variations. it was like morons woke up and realized maybe they really do need warships and started throwing pasta at the wall to see what stuck.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The Universe class will bankrupt you for a slab of oak that big.

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    [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Gorgeous work!

    I assume this was carved from the Captain's Log.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Give it to him, he needs a new one.

    But for real, your ship model looks nice.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    This looks incredible! How long did it take you and how much of this kind of thing have you done before? I imagine quite a bit for this kind of result.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Beautiful. So beautiful

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    "No one wants the fat ones."

    Speak for yourself! D for life!

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Nice wood, bro.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Oh my god that is fucking beautiful....

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Glad you like it! Thanks for all the memes ❀️

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    How the fuck could I not? That thing is a work of art. The amount of skill and talent required to do that is off the charts. You're thankin me for just posting shit I have saved when I can do nothing but thank you for making something that stunning.

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    That's awesome!

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Very unique hobby. Excellent execution. Awesome!

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    This is superb. Absolutely superb.

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Is this all really one piece like it looks?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    It looks like the saucer might detach, as it should!

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago

    Sadly it doesn't, that's just the join between sections - I did look into it, but couldn't find a way that would simultaneously hold it firmly together, let it detach when needed, and be invisible from the outside.

    It's quite a big model and really front-heavy thanks to how much saucer there is, so it had to all be one piece really

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